Talk:Palinurus
Latest comment: 4 months ago by DCDuring in topic Etymology
Etymology[edit]
Presumably named after w:Palinurus, a navigator, and Wikipedia suggests a possible reason why in this article. That's about all we can do, I suspect ... zoologists will name species in a formal process but not always give a precise reason for their choice of name. —Soap— 18:49, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
- @Soap @DCDuring I think this taxon entry is erroneous. Wikipedia gives it as Panulirus (note very different spelling) and warns not to confuse the two words. Equinox ◑ 10:10, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- I think it's a group of species whose names are all anagrams of each other. I still think Palinurus was the original, since it's the one that's a pre-existing proper name. I have no idea what I was linking to in 2020, though ... I can't find anything even looking at older diffs. I should add that I know a bit more than I did four years ago .... there is an internal etymology (what the Greek roots are) and an external "etymology" (why they were chosen), so it can be named for the Greek hero and also mean "back-pointing tail". —Soap— 10:28, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- I guess what I was linking to in 2020 was just the fact that the lobsters "navigate". Eh. Pretty weak link, so I would rather just forget I said that. The rest of what I said .... that Palinurus is the original name, and the anagrams are derived from it .... I'm still pretty sure of. —Soap— 10:33, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Confirmed by the family being Palinuridae. --Hiztegilari (talk) 10:37, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- I have added the anagrams (and others) to Palinurus#Derived terms. The entries themselves are not high priority from my POV. DCDuring (talk) 13:37, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- Confirmed by the family being Palinuridae. --Hiztegilari (talk) 10:37, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- I guess what I was linking to in 2020 was just the fact that the lobsters "navigate". Eh. Pretty weak link, so I would rather just forget I said that. The rest of what I said .... that Palinurus is the original name, and the anagrams are derived from it .... I'm still pretty sure of. —Soap— 10:33, 17 January 2024 (UTC)
- I think it's a group of species whose names are all anagrams of each other. I still think Palinurus was the original, since it's the one that's a pre-existing proper name. I have no idea what I was linking to in 2020, though ... I can't find anything even looking at older diffs. I should add that I know a bit more than I did four years ago .... there is an internal etymology (what the Greek roots are) and an external "etymology" (why they were chosen), so it can be named for the Greek hero and also mean "back-pointing tail". —Soap— 10:28, 17 January 2024 (UTC)